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Saxons Named Unofficial Boxing Day Champs
Saxons Named Unofficial Boxing Day Champs
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The results are in and the Shell Saxons Superstars are the winners of the 2023 Boxing Day Junkanoo Parade with the Valley Boys coming in second place. Parade Management Team Chairman Anthon Mortimer gave this breakdown of the overall results.
Saxons: A Win Is A Win
Saxons: A Win Is A Win
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - After winning the 2023 Boxing Day Junkanoo parade, the Shell Saxons Superstars have come under fire with many questioning the win and many others outright saying they didn't deserve it.
Music Makers disqualified due to not enough participants, says JCNP
JUNKANOO Corporation of New Providence chairman Dion Miller said the organisation is still waiting to learn why the Prodigal Sons dropped out of the Boxing Day parade, adding that Music Makers was disqualified from the competition because it did not have enough participants to meet eligibility requirements.
SUPERSTARS SHINE: Saxons inch past Valley, Colours take top spot in B
THE Shell Saxons Superstars unofficially won the Boxing Day Parade, dominating the major categories with its Ancient Rulers theme.
Saxons: We Are Winners
Saxons: We Are Winners
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Shell Saxons Superstars will bring Indians to Bay this New Year's Day and according to JCNP member for the Saxons Kendenique Campbell-Moss, they will keep the momentum going.
Police investigating traffic fatality on Abaco
Police investigating traffic fatality on Abaco
NASSAU, BAHAMAS- Police on Abaco are investigating a traffic accident that claimed the life of an adult male late Monday night. The incident reportedly occurred shortly before 11 pm on Monday on Shell Road, in Murphy Town, and involved two vehicles, one of which was a silver Nissan Cube. Police say that the circumstances surrounding the [...]
Saxons: We Are The Best Group In Junkanoo History
Saxons: We Are The Best Group In Junkanoo History
NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The Shell Saxon Superstars say they are the best group on Bay Street and come Boxing Day they intend to prove it.
Strachan Leads Team in Catches, But The Broncos Lose
Strachan Leads Team in Catches, But The Broncos Lose
Los Angeles, USA - Bahamian Prince Strachan and a shell of his Boise State Broncos football team took on the UCLA Bruins in their hometown on Saturday night.
Man accused of having gun and ammo granted $9k bail
Man accused of having gun and ammo granted $9k bail
A MAN was granted bail yesterday after he was allegedly found with the shell of a gun and 11 rounds of ammunition last week.
IT WAS WORTH IT: Pintard defends former administration's decision on Wärtsilä engines
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) constructed Station A at a 35 percent reduced cost over similar-sized power plants, according to Opposition leader Michael Pintard, who defended the company's purchase of seven engines from Wärtsilä in 2019. A Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) report providing a review of Station A, which housed the [...]
Wartsilla engines cost increased by $21 million to-date
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Bahamas Power and Light (BPL) report providing a review of Station A, which housed the Warstilla engines purchased for $95 million back in 2019, highlighted that the plant has to-date cost an additional $21 million. The report dated July 30, 2023, which was prepared by BPL's CEO Shevonn Cambridge for Prime [...]
Superstar Samara Johnson featured by Sandals
Superstar Samara Johnson featured by Sandals
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Samara Johnson, a convention services manager in-training, has been highlighted by Sandals Royal Bahamian as a star of excellence at the resort. A press release from Sandals chronicled Samara's journey at the company, which has earned her numerous awards, accolades and commendations. General Manager, Adrian Whitehead called her as a "sterling model [...]
The great Cabinet shuffle
The great Cabinet shuffle
Dear Editor, In world wide politics it has always been fashionable to blame the former administration for the apparent political failures and omissions of good governance. When a prime minister shuffles Cabinet posts, the opposing party often suggests that such changes reflect lipstick being applied to a pig. The recent adroit reshuffle by Philip "Brave" ...
The post The great Cabinet shuffle ...
Students explore Androsian mangroves, coral reefs at BREEF summer camp
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Twenty-two students aged 8-14 years from North Andros participated in the annual Kamalame Cay Sea Camp, engaging in an immersive outdoor learning experience courtesy of BREEF. Sea Camp is billed as an empowering, educational event in which students embrace the natural environment while having fun. 5″The outdoor classroom is a teaching tool [...]
$928,500 seed money for Junkanoo
$928,500 seed money for Junkanoo
GOVERNMENT will be granting $928,500 in seed funding to Junkanoo groups for them to make a comeback on Bay Street after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Galleria reels out 3-D price hikes
Galleria reels out 3-D price hikes
Three dimensional movies at Galleria Cinemas have ushered in more than upgrades at the theater, but price hikes for movie tickets are likely to offset those improvement costs.
It's a change that came into effect this weekend with the premier of Dreamworks' film How to Train Your Dragon.
Photos from the Abaco agribusiness expo
Photos from the Abaco agribusiness expo
Abaconians laid out a cornucopia of Bahamian-made products as the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources? agribusiness expo rolled through Marsh Harbour last weekend.
From livestock to farm produce to prepared food to handicraft creations, Abaco demonstrated its potential as a key layer in the Government?s thrust towards food security.
Source: Bahamas Information Services
BEC suffers financial blows from the 2004 tariff reduction
Rising energy costs has the Bahamas Electricity Corporation (BEC) suffering
?Some Success? with oil-leak fix
?Some Success? with oil-leak fix
BP Plc made progress toward plugging a leaking well that?s been spewing oil into the
Lost camera hitches 1099m ride on sea turtle
Lost camera hitches 1099m ride on sea turtle
A Photographer was reunited with a camera he had lost in the Caribbean after a sea turtle swam all the way to Florida with it.
De Telegraaf said the camera's strap caught on the reptile's shell after Dutchman Dick de Bruin dropped it in the sea during a trip to Aruba last November.
Garden Hills artisans graduate
Garden Hills artisans graduate
Garden Hills artisans who graduated from the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation course in shell and straw craft were encouraged to take advantage of money-making opportunities
Oil giants form joint oil-spill-fighting venture without BP
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Four of the big five Western oil majors have formed a $1 billion nonprofit joint venture aimed at combating future oil spills, possibly to head off stricter offshore-drilling rules
Exxon Mobil Corp. , Royal Dutch Shell PLC , Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips plan to build a rapid-response system to help contain future blown-out oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico.
Letter: Economy and 2010 budget
Letter: Economy and 2010 budget
EDITOR, The Tribune.
As a trained economist and a community activist I am of the view that the recent budget passed by our legislature is not the best that could have been presented by the current administration.
Yes, it may have been the "best" that it could have conceptualised but it, clearly, is not designed to actually grow or to sustain the economy and generate new jobs. No, it is not the s...
300K SETBACK FROM ROAD INJUNCTION
300K SETBACK FROM ROAD INJUNCTION
By KEVA LIGHTBOURNE
Guardian Senior Reporter
kdl@nasguard.com
The government may have to shell out$300,000 more than what was allotted for the Blue Hill Road and Market Street road works as a result of the injunction that halted construction for a short period of time, Public Works Minister Neko Grant disclosed yesterday.
Up to press time last nightThe Nassau Guardianwas unable to ascertain the ex...
Grand Bahama Taxi Union Grateful to Ministry of Tourism Aviation
Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas - The 2008-2010
Executive Board for the GB Taxi Union expressed gratitude
to the Ministry of Tourism & Aviation for its efforts to boost tourism
to the island.
The 400 plus ship calls during this GB
Taxi Union Executive Board's tenure translated into nearly 1 million
taxi fares for union members. To express their gratitude, Ms. Karen
Seymour, Director-Gra...
Pelican Bay Hotel officially opens the Canal House
Pelican Bay Hotel officially opens the Canal House
Freeport, Bahamas -
The Pelican Bay Hotel in Grand Bahama officially opened their new
conference facility called the Canal House on September 17th with a
brief ceremony and night of celebration on their property. The Rt Hon Hubert A.
Ingraham was in attendance for the occasion along with local
dignitaries, politicians, and business persons.
Guests arrived to
live Junkanoo music. The Grand B...
PM opens resort's convention centre
PM opens resort's convention centre
Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham is pictured breaking the ceremonial conch shell to mark the official opening of the Pelican Bay Hotel's new 40,000 square foot convention facility, Canal House. The ceremony was held on Friday, September 17, 2010 at the Freeport, Grand Bahama property. (BIS Photo/Sharon Turner)
Magnus Alnebeck, general manager of the Pelican Bay Hotel, is pictured at podium (bottom ...
PM OPENS 7 MILLION CONVENTION FACILITY
PM OPENS 7 MILLION CONVENTION FACILITY
By DENISE MAYCOCK
Tribune Freeport Reporter
dmycock@tribunemedia.net
FREEPORT - Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham was in Grand Bahama on Friday for the official opening of Canal House, a new $ 7 million convention facility at Pelican Bay Resort.
Mr Ingraham was given the task of smashing a conch shell with a mallet to officially open the nearly 40,000 sq ft state-of -the-art four-storey building ...
Remarks by Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham for Opening of Canal House, Pelican Bay
Remarks by Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham for Opening of Canal House, Pelican Bay
Remarks by Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham, at the official opening of the Pelican Bay Hotel's new convention facility, Canal House. The ceremony was held Friday night at the Freeport, Grand Bahama property.
Debate Remarks Prime Minister Resolution on China Eximbank Loan
Debate Remarks Prime Minister Resolution on China Eximbank Loan